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A Retreat of Friendship and Virtue Confederate Lodge No. 292, F&AM Ft. Morgan, Alabama

A Retreat of Friendship and Virtue Confederate Lodge No. 292, F&AM Ft. Morgan, Alabama. A Thesis Proposal In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Masters of Arts Wayne E. Sirmon, M.A.Ed. University of South Alabama. Ft. Morgan. Ft. Gaines.

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A Retreat of Friendship and Virtue Confederate Lodge No. 292, F&AM Ft. Morgan, Alabama

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  1. A Retreat of Friendship and Virtue Confederate Lodge No. 292, F&AM Ft. Morgan, Alabama A Thesis Proposal In partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Masters of Arts Wayne E. Sirmon, M.A.Ed. University of South Alabama

  2. Ft. Morgan

  3. Ft. Gaines

  4. A Retreat of Friendship and Virtue Confederate Lodge No. 292, F&AM Ft. Morgan, Alabama

  5. Freemasonry: Army Lodges Civil War Military Lodges 244 “Traveling” Lodges (94 Federal, 150 Confederate) Texas 50 Virginia 28 Indiana 37 Alabama 19

  6. Confederate Lodge No. 292

  7. Confederate Lodge No. 292

  8. Review of the Literature Steven Bullock, Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order (1996) Allen Roberts, House Undivided: The Story of Freemasonry and the Civil War (1961) Reid Mitchell, “Not the General but the Soldier,” Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand (1998)

  9. Objectives

  10. Army Lodges in Alabama 143 names in documents -- 121 identified Highest army ranks: COL 8 NCO 8 LTC 7 PVT 37 MAJ 6 Other 7 (Surgeon, Chaplain, etc.) CPT 23 1LT 11 2LT 14 Unknown 22

  11. Confederate Lodge No. 292 37 names in documents -- 34 identified Highest army ranks: COL 2 NCO 4 LTC 2 PVT 12 MAJ Other 2 (Drummer) CPT 3 1LT 3 2LT 6 Unknown 3

  12. Methodology Masonic Archives of Alabama Local Histories (Pickens Co. and Calhoun, Franklin, Jackson, Clarke and Mobile Counties) Regimental Histories (2nd Alabama Infantry also 1st, 3rd, 5th, 17th, 23rd, 38th, 42nd AL Infantry Regiments and 51st AL Cavalry, 51st Partisan Rangers, 1st AL Artillery) Sons of Confederate Veterans Camps Confederate Lodge of Military Research Statistical Comparison with other soldiers in 2nd AL (Promotion, assignment, length of service, injury and death)

  13. Significance of the Study Greater insight into the “camp life” of soldiers Measure of Impact of Masonic Membership Template for future studies: Alabama Military Lodges Confederate Military Lodges Federal Military Lodges

  14. QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

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